08.51 am – Woke up to a grayish sky for my first morning in Melbourne.

The security system of Temple Court Apartments.

Nestled in between 2 buildings right in the center of Melbourne’s CBD.

A very strategic place to live in if price is not an issue.

I felt so excited when I looked around me and saw Melbourne’s very own buildings.

Melbourne’s branches and leaves.

Melbourne’s flower.

Melbourne’s fire hydrant.

Melbourne’s pigeons.

Di Bella Coffee was just a stone’s throw away from Temple Court’s entrance.

The standing statue opposite of the apartment’s entrance.

These girls couldn’t resist taking a picture.

Hello, sir!

The squatting statue.

Both gracing the front of Suncorp Bank. Both must be friends, I suppose.

Melbourne’s trams.

A newer one.

Noticed a sign at the top which I didn’t understand until later. It’s actually a hook turn sign.

Bicycles for rent by the roadside.

There were actually lots of stations like these situated all over Melbourne’s Central Business District.

You could just take one from anywhere and

put it back anywhere that has an empty parking slot. So cool!

Melbourne superbike parked at the roadside. No EX5 was sighted at all during my trip.

Did you know that you can have whatever 6 combination of alphabets and numbers you want as your number plate as long as it’s available? How cool is that? Mine would read “PAI KIA” 😈

A roadside florist.

Readily made bouquets.

09.24 am – And so after spending about 15 minutes checking out nearby surroundings, we proceeded to the tram stop at the junction of Collins St and Williams St which was just a minute’s walk away.

We saw benches and proceeded

to wait there.

So there we were waiting for a tram to come but only after a tram came, stopped and picked up passengers

only we realized that actually the tram stop was in the middle of the road!

We quickly made our way to the center of the road and waited.

The name of this stop.

The monitor that tells you how much longer you’d have to wait before the next tram arrived.

09.46 am – 10 minutes later,

we were on board our very first Melbourne tram experience. Woo Hoo!!

09.51 am – 5 minutes and a few tram stops after,

we arrived at the very awesome Queen Victoria Market.

There were altogether 12 lanes of general merchandise stalls, and boy were we lost.

All we could see were rows after rows

of shops everywhere.

After some asking around, we proceeded towards the direction of the food court

in search of breakfast.

Passed by livestocks.

And then at the end of the alleyways, we came upon a van selling American Doughnuts.

Wow!

We couldn’t resist it so we lined up for our very own doughnuts.

There were a total of 4 fellas running around inside

preparing the doughnuts

while the lady who seemed eldest was by the front doing the selling.

We were so happy.

And the line just kept getting longer.

Soon, it was my turn and I ordered 3 doughnuts for the price of

AU$ 2.70 for sharing.

Passed by the very colourful organic produce section towards the food court.

A type of leaf I have never seen before in real life. Only in the movies. What an awesome experience so far! (I think I’m beginning to sound like as if I’m from the stone age)

10.05 am – At last, we arrived.

I’ve been snapping away ever since I woke up.

The two shops nearest to the entrance.

Other shops along the way.

Found out that pide bread is actually a Turkish kind of bread.

Cafe Verona.

Found us a table and waited while the rest ordered their breakfast.

Colourful chairs.

Vivian ordered her breakfast from Pide Bread Bakery.

Vivian’s bacon and tomato filled pide bread.

Vivian’s cappuccino.

And she’s loving it!

Leslie’s vegetable filled wrap.

Leslie’s hot chocolate.

Soo Yee’s mini pancakes.

After everyone had finished buying their breakfasts, it was my turn.

I went into Cafe Verona and saw so many delicious, mouthwatering pastries.

I wanted to buy them all but it hit me that I may come across even more delicious stuff along the way, so it was best to eat minimal, take a walk around first and then come back to the food court if I still wanted the pastries.

So, I just bought myself a cup of cappuccino.

Simple.

10.49 am – After breakfast, we took a walk in the red meat section.

I was amazed by rows and rows of beef and pork.

We had such a hard time deciding on a stall to buy from.

They all looked almost the same.

The stuff is the same.

And it’s so hard to keep track of the prices at each stall.

In the end, we just decided to get

what we needed from a random stall.

Next up was the poultry section.

Poultry and nothing but poultry.

Again, we just chose a random stall and bought what we needed from it.